All of the Following Factors Contribute to Making Older Adults

question 49

Multiple Choice

All of the following factors contribute to making older adults susceptible to falls EXCEPT

• A) slower reflexes.
• B) decreased muscle strength.
• C) carelessness.
• D) loss of eyesight and depth perception.

Understand the process and importance of finding connecting terms in analogical arguments.

Analyze the impact of similarities on the strength of analogical arguments.

Understand how inductive generalization relates to the evaluation of analogical arguments.

Apply specific rules for evaluating inductive generalizations within the context of argument by analogy.

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Definitions:

Self-Serving Bias

A common cognitive bias where individuals attribute positive events to their own character but attribute negative events to external factors.

Actor-Observer Effect

A cognitive bias in which people tend to attribute their own actions to external circumstances but attribute others' actions to their personalities or character.

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember the first pieces of information in a series better than the information in the middle.

Computer Programming

The process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.